The Food Sovereignty Project (formerly the Food Resiliency Project) is dedicated to working with Indigenous peoples and community-based organizations to pursue more equitable and just food systems.
Recent Publications
- Michael Fakhri, The Right to Food: Finance and National Action Plans, UN General Assembly (A/HRC/58/48) (2025).
- Michael Fakhri, The Right to Food, Violence, and Food Systems, T.M.C. Asser Press (2024)
- Michael Fakhri, Fisheries and the right to food in the context of climate change, UN General Assembly (A/HRC/55/49) (January 9, 2024)
- Michael Fakhri, Conflict and the Right to Food, UN General Assembly (A/HRC/52/40) (December 29, 2022)
- Michael Fakhri, The right to food and the coronavirus disease pandemic," UN General Assembly (A/76/237) (July 18, 2022).
- Michael Fakhri, Markets, Sovereignty, and Racialization, 25 Journal of International Economic Law 1 (2022).
- Michael Fakhri, Human Rights Principles for Trade, 116 American Journal of International Law Unbound 119 (2022).
- Michael Fakhri, Seeds, Right to Life, and Farmers' Rights, UN Human Rights Council (A/HRC/49/23) (December 30, 2021).
- Michael Fakhri, The Right to Food, UN General Assembly (A/76/237) (July 27, 2021).
- Michael Fakhri, A Trade Agenda for the Right to Food, 64 Development 212 (2021).
- Michael Fakhri, A History of Food Security and Agriculture in International Trade Law, 1945-2015, in Akbar Rasulov and John Haskell (eds.) International Economic Law: New Voices, New Perspectives 55, Springer (2020).
- Michael Fakhri, co-authored with Madeleine Redfern, Inuit Seal Hunting and the Construction of Indigenous Identity in Trade Law, in John Borrows and Risa Schwartz (eds.), INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE: BUILDING AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, Cambridge University Press (2020).
- Michael Fakhri, A History of Food Security and Agriculture in International Trade Law, 1945–2017, in J. D. Haskell and A. Rasulov (eds.), New Voices and New Perspectives in International Economic Law, European Yearbook of International Economic Law 55 (Spring 2020).
- Deb Mailander and Zoe Grant, When Honey Bees Hit the Road: The Role of Federal, State, and Local Laws in Regulating Honey Bee Transportation (May 2019).
- Michael Fakhri, Sugar, in Jessie Hohmann and Daniel Joyce (eds.), International Law’s Objects 478, Oxford University Press (2019).
- Michael Fakhri, Third World Sovereignty, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Food Sovereignty: living with sovereignty despite the map, 9 Transnational Legal Theory 218 (2018).
In the News
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "UN hunger expert: US must recognize 'right to food' to fix broken system," The Guardian (November 9, 2023).
- Michael Fakhri (interviewed), "The Sovereignty of Sharing: An Interview with Michael Fakhri (Part II)," OpinioJuris (July 6, 2023).
- Michael Fakhri (interviewed), "The Sovereignty of Sharing: An Interview with Michael Fakhri (Part I)," OpinioJuris (July 6, 2023).
- Michael Fakhri, "Hunger and famine are not accidents - they are created by the actions of people," Nature Journal (July 4, 2023).
- Michael Fakhri, Elisabetta Recine, and Sofia Monsalve, "A Human-Rights Approach to the Global Food Crisis," Project Syndicate (June 23, 2023).
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "Fighting Hunger from the Willamette Valley," Oregon Quarterly (Summer 2023).
- Michael Fakhri (interviewed), CFS Conversations Episode 10, Committee on World Food Security (December 13, 2022).
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "White House hunger summit failed to expand 'right to food,' UN expert says," The Guardian (October 4, 2022).
- Michael Fakhri, "Framing the Problem of Hunger and Conflict at the UN Security Council," Just Security (September 22, 2022).
- Michael Fakhri and Sofia Monsalve, "Ukraine helps feed the world - but its farmers, seeds, and future are in danger," The Guardian (June 13, 2022).
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "UN human rights expert welcomes Indian govt's decision to repeal farm laws," Business Standard (November 29, 2021).
- Michael Fakhri (guest), "The Great Food Reset," The Food Programme, BBC Podcast (July 25, 2021).
- Michael Fakhri, "The US Food System Creates Hunger and Debt - but There is Another Way," The Guardian (April 14, 2021).
- Michael Fakhri (quoted), "UN food systems summit quashes big business claims," Geneva Solutions (March 12, 2021).
- Michael Fakhri (quoted), "Farmers and rights groups boycott food summit over big business links," The Guardian (March 4, 2021).
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "COVID-19 Has Not Just Caused a Health Crisis but also a Hunger Crisis," AgriLand (February 9, 2021).
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "Can the United Nations protect human rights in the age of COVID-19?," Thomson Reuters Foundation News (October 23, 2020).
- Michael Fakhri, "Opinion: The future of food must include a commitment to human rights," Devex (October 16, 2020).
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "International community must support Lebanon and international agencies to avert hunger crisis, says UN human rights expert," Reliefweb (August 28, 2020).
- Michael Fakhri and Ntina Tzouvala, "To reduce world hunger, think beyond making food cheap," The Conversation (July 17, 2020).
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "People must regain control over food supply chain after coronavirus, says new U.N. envoy," Reuters (May 28, 2020).
- Michael Fakhri (featured), "UO law professor Michael Fakhri appointed to UN post," Around the O (March 30, 2020).
Faculty
FSP Fellows 2025-2026
Kelly Keith, 2L
Kelly grew up in Northern California, where her first introduction to the legal system was in eighth grade when she read Twelve Angry Men. From that moment, she set her sights on pursuing a legal career.
Kelly earned an English Literature degree and two minors in Legal Studies and Philosophy from the University of Oregon, focusing her studies on rhetorical analysis and effective argumentation.
After graduating, Kelly worked for two years as a civil litigation assistant in Portland. Inspired by the Pacific Northwest's natural landscape, she returned to UO for law school, where she is motivated to contribute to research that advances environmental justice, sustainable stewardship, and equitable community representation.
Now entering her seventh year of living in Oregon, Kelly enjoys exploring the region's natural beauty, with her favorite spot being Thor's Well on the Oregon Coast.
Nicole Morshead, 3L
Nicole grew up in Fort Mill, South Carolina. After graduating from high school in 2018, she knew she wanted to move west to become more involved in the environmental movement. She studied environmental science at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. She graduated with honors, a dual B.S. in Environment and Natural Resources and Environmental Systems Science, and minors in Sustainability and Spanish. Nicole began her journey into the legal field working at a mass tort litigation firm in Dayton, Ohio. After a year of studying for the LSAT and gaining legal experience, she decided to attend Oregon Law and pursue a career in environmental law.
As a 1L, Nicole served as a Content Representative with Land Air Water (LAW), Oregon Law's oldest environmental student organization. In her 2L year, she was elected to serve as a Conference Co-Director for PIELC, the world's largest and longest-running public interest environmental law conference. Nicole currently serves as LAW's Co-Director; tutors in the Legal Research & Writing Program; and has a leadership role with Oregon Law's Disc-trict Court Ultimate Frisbee Club.
During her 2L summer, Nicole worked for Cascadia Wildlands, a Eugene nonprofit that protects and restores areas within the Cascadia region. Now entering her 3L year, she is continuing with the organization as an extern.